
r/demiromantic

Question of preferences, I guess
Ok, here's the problem. I know that like demi or double demi we need a emotional bond to want someone as our partner but, I wanna know that if it's normal (or weird) that maybe u can say "oh, for me it's cute that my partner is tsundere sometimes", "I want someone that it's very romantic", "I dream with my partner been a lil gothic" or stuff like that. Is like having some ideas of what u want on a partner but obviously that if unsee it in anyone else is like "oh, I'll not date that person, only if my partner was like that" or feel like weird with that. Idk how to describe it, it's difficult even on my native language (that's not English).
Hope that u can answer, I'll be answering personally to all the comments u put. Thanks for taking your time on this.
My GF broke up with me because I wasn't "romantic enough" when I was the only one trying..
Its been a month since we "broke up." (Ill explain the quotations later).
This was my first "real" relationship I've had. I keep reading over the texts and they hurt just as much, I was hoping that I would get over this quickly. I'm looking for thoughts and/ or criticisms please be respectful.
A month ago my gf had blocked me on everything, for context we had not had any fights or issues until this point. My first thought was "Is she okay??" She had vented to me about SH and I ofc was worried more than mad. I was trying so hard to be the best girlfriend I could, I made her DIY lipstick card, a note, a playlist, I planned all our dates and paid for most of them. Then one day she blocked me with no goodbye or explanation. I texted her number asking her if she was okay and what happened. She didn't respond. I went to my closest friend lets call her Melon. I had told her all about the situation before I had told anyone else.
I texted her best friend who had heard nothing from her and hadn't talked to her for a few days. The text I sent to her best friend went like this:
*scroll to top to see texts w/ Lemon, 2nd one w/ blue bubbles*
For more context specifically for the second image, the last time I saw Ex at that time was at her birthday. Ex had mentioned being mad at Lemon for not wanting to go out to plans last minute. Lemon has anxiety according to Ex and "(Lemon) can't talk to anyone." I asked several friends how accurate this was and many said she was actually quite out going and even approached them first despite having anxiety.
So Ex was mad at Lemon too and hasn't talked to her either. Eventually... Ex responded.
*scroll to top to see texts w/ Ex, first w/ green bubbles*
She had responded, she was clearly much better than I was. I didn't want to fight with her, I didn't want to argue, I just wanted an explanation. Clearly we are very different people. I've been proven wrong I thought friend breakups were worst but this hurt way more.
She thought I didn't like her. I couldn't fit it in the screenshot but she listed some reasons why she didn't think I liked her. To sum it up. I didn't dress the way she deemed attractive and two I wasn't "physical enough." No she didn't specify what the second one meant. This was odd because first of all she said she doesn't care about looks. To picture the style I have its kind of tomboy with some occasional cottage core/ cozy vibes. Her style is a hot pink, I don't know how else to describe it since that's the only color she wears, she occasional wears all black. Her hair is also dyed pink btw.
Second in the reasons she said why would she want to go near me after me not being comfortable with my friend "bumping into me." Which isn't what I said at all I had talked to her about my friend always acting like me and her were dating like putting her arm round me which was the thing I was talking to her about that some how turned into my friend "bumping into me." Its like a game of telephone with her, she even admitted to not remembering things.
At her birthday I had the courage to hold her hand. I don't like physical touch but I knew it was important to her so I wanted to make her happy. She had never made any effort to initiate things like that. We had only been dating for a little over a month then and as I mentioned in the very beginning this was my first "real" relationship. I even got us matching necklaces and plushies.
After we had texted I just said okay, I had no energy left after just wanting closure which she only gave because Melon had talked to her aka my closest friend.
So reddit am I the one in the wrong for not being "physical enough" or not having the style she wanted me to have?
People who don’t get demiromanticity
Seriously, some people be saying “demiromantic is normal romantic attraction” without even trying to understand them, then proceed to believe in love at first sight, normalise hallway crushes, celebrity crushes, finding a partner through dating apps, and get angry when people have a crush on their opposite gender best friend. Those traits are completely fine, but most demi people don’t experience that like allos. And It’s okay if you can’t understand the label, but some people call us extra and bash us for “trying to be different”, and that’s not nice.
How did you know that you are demiro and not aro?
I am very sure that I am demisexual and Sex favorable by now like that’s Safe! But I’m still struggling finding out of I am aro or demiro. I do know that I do Not randomly Fall in love with a stranger… and I do Not Fall in love with Friends where I have some Personal boundaries like them being 100% straight or in a relationship that’s for sure as well. I do have made the Experience of thinking a lot about a specific friend, wanting to know everything about her, Tell her everything about me as well, deeply wanting to understand her and those Kind of things but that just happends when a girl that I just getting to know and haven’t grew up with her, so I think that’s kinda normal if you are just getting to know someone new… I do feel emotional attraction what can lead to sexual attraction = demisexual. But what I do not have is the desire of being with someone officially in a relationship like with the whole labeling as gf and future thinking of marriage etc. Those are just things that I do not feel or desire at all like I am totally Fine with the Label close friendships and the idea of a QPR or FWB or so I also go with relationship anarchy and relate quite a bit with that cause I really honestly dont care of the Person I am romantically and sexually attracted to has other crushes and Flirts with other ppl not even care of they have other relationships… oh also I actually do not really know or can say what’s the difference between a friendship and a romantic relationship 🤷🏻♀️ like literally same thing for me 😅😅 so what do you guys would say?? Demiro or aro??
Edit: If you have questions that I should ask myself or so that might be helpful as well and id really appreciate 🫶🏼
Edit: I do wanna have a lifepartner and someone to cuddle with while watching a Movie or cooking together, someone who deeply cares about me and wants to keep me actively in their lives, sends me good morning and good Night and those things 😅😅well but like i said i can imagine a QPR or close FWB relationship or so…